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W. E. GEORGE. CONVERTIBLE STOCK WAGON.

No. 374,591. y Patented Deo.'13, 1887.

Attorney TOR ove.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. GEORGE, OF HABLAN, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN COENEN, OF SAME PLAGE.

' CONVERTI BLE STOCK=WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,591, dated December 13, 1887.

Application filed August 17, 1887. Serial NoA 217,185. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harlan, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Stock -\Vagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in wagons; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the same, whereby the body of the wagon may be used for hauling stock and converted into a hay-wagon, as well as using it as any common wagon is used, all as will be hereinafter fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference Is Iuade, fully illustrate this invention, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective View show- Ing the wagon as used for hauling stock. Fig. 2 represents the same converted into a haywagon. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the braces. Fig. 4is a detail sectional v-iew of the hook-and-eye portion of the chute and wagon. Fig. 5 is a detail view.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A is the wagon-body, consisting of the lower fixed portion, a., movable upper side portions, b, and detachable end gate c, which serves also as an inclined chute or platform for permitting the stock to enter the wagon. The fixed bodyportion is braced in the usual manner, as at d, having the side or short standards, e, to which are secured the side rails, f,

above the side-boards g. The vertically-extended sides b ofthe body are hinged to the fixed portion a, as at t', and are connected by thev front rod, 7, and rods k k, which hook in eyes or staples ZZ, as shown. The end-gate or chute is constructed with sides m, and the floor thereof has crosscleats, whereby the stock can have a sure footing in ascending the ineline, and on the und er side of the wagon-body are arranged hooks n n, which engage eyes or staples o o on 'said chute, thus forminga detachable hinged connection for the latter. The sides'of said chute are provided with hooks p p, which engage eyes q q on the side of the upper portion on the wagon-body.

In combination with the hinged sides of the wagon are used detachable supporting-brackets B, which are used to support the sides when down to form a hay-wagon, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. These brackets are constructed with a vertical portion, r, an oblique strip, s, and a horizontal piece, t, which latter projects both front and rear, as shown at u and o, while the upper end of the oblique strip projects above the horizontal bar, as at w. It will be seen that'when the sides are let down for converting the -body into a hay-wagon the bracketis attached to the body by resting the projecting end o of the hori zontal bar on the lside raiLf. At the same time the extended end w of the oblique strip s is inserted between the side rails of the movable upper portion, thus bringing the weight upon said bracket, which in turn is braced by the fixed sidesl of the wagonbody. It will thus be further observed that the chute serves to close the rear end of the wagon and can be detached therefrom when desired, and the same can be attached to any common wagon, and the brackets are constructed in such a manner that they require no additional vfastening devices to keep them in place for supporting the sides or racks, and by removing the racks from the fixed body the latter can be used for-general purposese-such as hauling corn, manure, Srcand the parts are simple of operation, durable, andcheap to manufacture.

What is claimed is- 1. In a stock-wagon, the combination, with the fixed body portion and'hinged side racks, of the brackets having the projecting ends, as described, for attachment to the body and rack and for supporting thelatter, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the hinged side racks and wagon-body, the detachable bracket comprising the vertical stri p r, horizontal strip t,

and oblique strip s, secured to one another, v

said horizontal strip having the front projecting end, u, and projecting rear end, o, and the oblique strip having the projecting end w, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GEORGE.

'Witnessesz PATRICK H. HUNT, JOSEPH STILEs.

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